| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | DJ PREMIER AND BUMPY KNUCKLES | KoleXXXion | GRACIE-Works Of Mart |
| 2 | KENDRICK LAMAR | Good Kid In A Mad City | |
| 3 | FRANK OCEAN | Channel Orange | Def Jam |
| 4 | ANTHONY VALADEZ | Just Visiting | Plug Research |
| 5 | TEF POE | The War Machine 2 | |
| 6 | OH NO | Ohnomite | Brick |
| 7 | LUPE FIASCO | Food And Liquor | Atlantic |
| 8 | PUBLIC ENEMY | Most Of Our Heroes Still Don't Appear On No Stamp | Enemy |
| 9 | TALIB KWELI | "Rush Thru" [Single] | |
| 10 | ALCHEMIST | Russian Roulette | Decon |
